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Friday, 16 December 2016

I've been working my way towards a capsule wardrobe for some time. A capsule wardrobe (at least my interpretation) is one where you own less items of clothing, but they all coordinate. It avoids the daily 'what should I wear?' or 'where's the matching blouse?'. And since I'm truly lazy about mornings (seriously, just bring me tea and back away!), it helps that I can just grab whatever is clean and looked put together.

For my capsule, I've selected purple, blue/navy, turquoise, and green, with the occasional hint of yellow accessories. Black and white are acceptable as long as they match at least three outfits. I tend towards more vintage styles anyway so it just made sense to focus on using more vintage patterns for the items I make.

Enter the Vintage Capsule Wardrobe Sewing group! First, so lovely! We may not be interested in the same era or colour-scheme, but it's wonderful to have a like-minded group for encouragement. For December they've created a blouse sew-along. I struggle with blouses! It's so much more fun to make a fancy frock or skirt so that's where I focus my energy, but with my job now being in a costume shop trousers and a top are much easier!

I picked out several items to sew for December. Ideally, I'd like to get three finished before I start school in January as who knows what my time will be like!

I started with one that's been in the UFO (unfinished object) pile for longer than I'm willing to admit. I found some lovely green rayon with navy dots awhile back and decided it would be great for Simplicity 1590. So cute, right?

I couldn't remember how far I'd gotten, but I just had to finish it first. And I did! I basically had to finish the front edges of the peplum and buttons and buttonholes. No idea why I left it when it was so close to being done!

The pattern instructions were a bit interesting. As always, I wrinkled my nose and made up my own.